Pleasurable Pursuits

Oh, pleasure. Desire. What do you long for? What do you want? Why do we indulge in labours of enjoyment?

Perhaps there is pleasure — whatever that may be to you — in posing questions without expecting rewarding answers. Instead, consciously navigating a vastness, a means without an end. No culmination, no climax. Does pleasure exist without fulfillment? Are any of these words even useful to us? Does language still serve us? Are we allowed to discard it, cast it aside? Is there violence in this? Why does violence feel good? Friction. Danger. Why do we feel dirty?

Under the guidance of choreographer and dramaturg Carolina: Helena, Junes, Sarah, Ben, Lines, Otta, Nike, Lena, Simon and Lou share memories, experiences, desires and needs. They read Anaïs, Elizabeth, Clarice, Michel, Giulia, Octavia… They move through the confines of a designated space, learning what it takes to care for it, for themselves, for one another — and to be taken care of. They search for where they fit, where they don’t, and where they might.

This is an attempt to find a language, a physical practice of our own, that can hold the complexity, ambivalence and boundlessness of its subject: pleasure.

And you

are invited.